By: Maria Qadri As the new semester starts, I would like to share a smidge about what's been happening behind the scenes here at the Rutgers iJOBS blog. First, some history: Just like the process of developing a project into a Ph.D. dissertation, this blog has been growing from an idea into a well-developed repository of our Ph.D. and postdoctoral experiences. It started out in the late spring of 2015 as an opportunity for graduate students to practice their non-scientific writing skills, promote the newly formed iJOBS program, and learn "how-to" blog in a low risk setting.

By: Ina Nikoleva This blog post is going to be a little different. It is quite excusable, and dare I say, natural, that when faced with obstacles, like the relentless shrinking of scientific funding (especially for what we now refer to as “basic science”), the looming reality of the “post-truth” society, and the heartbreaking phrase “previous experience required” peppering every job ad, that all of us budding scientists have become The future job. The future interview. The next step.

By Yaa Haber

By Fatu Badiane Markey and Urmimala Basu

On November 29, the New Brunswick site of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) hosted students from Rutgers University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland. BMS is a global bio-pharmaceutical company whose drug portfolio includes oncology, immunoscience, cardiovascular, genetic diseases, and fibrotic diseases.

By:  Dharm Patel

By: Dharm Patel Applying to any federal job is done through the United States' federal government job portal, USAJOBS. Before you get started, you will need to create an account on USAJOBs and apply through the main application portal.

By: Zakiya Qualls

 By: Eileen Oni

By: Itzamarie Chevere-Torres

“Good writing is good writing; it doesn’t matter if it is an email”  Danielle Heuer, co-founder of Every Voice Educates and Communication Consultant and Coach for WD Communications, said as she started the presentation on Science Business Writing Workshop.